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Ce document présente les réalisations de l’approche de la Direction Générale de la Protection Civile (DGPC) Malienne en matière de gestion des urgences et catastrophes en 2012, 3 années après la mise en œuvre du projet PRECARICA viant à renforcer les capacités de la DGPC, des structures étatiques et des collectivités locales à mieux préven…
This technical report presents a regional study conducted to understand the labour migration process in communities affected by water hazards, such as floods, flash floods, droughts and water shortages, in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. It highlights some major findings as well as recommendations to support labour migration as a strategy to over…
Environmental Emergencies News: Issue 6, April 2007, pages 2-3:
This article presents examples of indigenous disaster early warning, preparedness, and response including: mitigation efforts of the Banyala community in Budalang’I, Kenya; prediction of drought and floods in Swaziland, and drought and famine in Tanzania; disaster early warning of the Nene…
Climate and society no.3:
This issue highlights recent advances in the use of climate information to manage risks and improve livelihoods, such as new partnerships and user-designed information platforms. It draws together and analyses experiences from 17 case studies that capture the current state of knowledge. It also highlights research innovations…
Practical experience and learning from a community-based adaptation project in Bangladesh:
This report communicates the local, practical experiences and learning from an action research project on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction (CCA-DRR), aimed at facilitating local people's analysis of their own vulnerability towards climate ch…
Ensuring the next drought will not cause another humanitarian crisis:
This briefing note addresses the need for the fight against hunger and malnutrition in the Sahel to be fought before, during and after crises. It calls for contingency planning to be systematically included into long-term policies and programmes and considers Disaster Risk Reduction…
This publication reports on a community-based cost benefit analysis of a disaster risk reduction (DRR) and food security programme in a Malawian agricultural community. The aim of this study is to assess programme activities for their cost-effectiveness and to gather evidence to help inform programming decisions taken by Tearfund, their partners and oth…
A compilation of abstracts of new research presented at the International conference on Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Areas addressing the following themes:
- Current status of climate change in the dry areas: simulations and scenarios available;
- Impacts of climate change on natural resource availability (especially water), agr…
This book discusses the practical, political and moral challenges of linking environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, and making science and technology work for the poor. It addresses emergent threats from epidemic disease, or the challenges of water scarcity in dryland India, as well as climate change, such as African far…
Simple techniques designed to protect people from the worst effects of natural disasters can save thousands of lives – and millions of pounds in emergency aid, says Jehangir Malik, executive director of Islamic Relief UK
The UK is not the only country to have suffered heavy rain and floods in recent months. At least 10 people died in flash floods in so…
Syed Shahnawaz, Head of Climate Change and Disaster Resilience for Islamic Relief Bangladesh, reports from Geneva on a vital meeting for poor countries that are bearing the brunt of climate change.
The stately river Rhone and the placid waters of Lake Geneva are a world away from the surging torrents of the Brahmaputra and the cyclone-battered shores o…
Johannesburg - Studies out of Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished. Yet as the climate changes, it is poor countries - already struggling with hunger and food insecurity - that are increasingly likely to face these natural hazards.
A recent conferenc…
By Megan Rowling
London - Governments are failing to prevent hunger emergencies in developing nations, despite ample warning, because they see more political danger than reward in acting early to avert famine, a report from the Chatham House thinktank said on Friday.
To prevent further food crises like those that hit millions of people in the Horn and…
Afghanistan has taken another step towards implementing its national climate strategy by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol.
The move makes it the 192th country or regional economic integration organization to sign up to the treaty, which will come into force for Afghanistan on June 23 this year.
Classed as a developing or Non-Annex I country, it will not h…
By Soumaila T. Diarra
Bamako – The recent conflict in northern Mali, where the situation remains volatile, has left many livestock herders in fear of losing millions of cattle, sheep and goats at a time when they were already struggling to find enough pasture for their animals due to drought.
Since the spring of 2012, violence between Islamist group…